on dit
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of on dit
literally: it is said, they say
Example Sentences
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In terms of the terrain, the on dit is that it's not the Alps – only the Alps are the Alps – but that it will be a challenge nonetheless because there's less flat.
From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013
The on dit is that metropolitan hotels are now the favored working, socializing and culture-consuming loci of the mediatized professional.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
Madame, je suis Provençal; on dit que j'ai la tête un peu chaude; mais Messieurs les Anglois vont diablement vite aux épreuves!
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
Convenez en Mesdames, leur dit il, maintenant que la Fortune m'est contraire, on dit que je suis un coquin, un scelerat, un brigand.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir
The French on dit is a poor, pitiful report, placed by the side of this vast lever, which, like that of Archimedes, only wants a stand for its fulcrum, to move the world.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
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